Electric Powered Cargo Ships

We have recently reported on several large ferries going all electric and now a massive cargo ship in china.

Electric powered cargo ships.

Cruise ship ferry and cargo ship builders are developing hybrid and electric ships to reduce reliance on fuels like diesel and heavy fuel oil that power most large vessels. The battery powered barges pictured above are capable of carrying 280 containers. Electric ferries also sail on other rivers. China just launched its first all electric cargo ship which will travel 50 miles at a top speed of 8 miles per hour on a single charge.

Though 10 percent may seem a bit paltry cargo ships suck up huge amounts of power. A 1 000 tonne electric cargo ship powered by a lithium battery and super capacitor successfully completed its water trials along the yangtze river portion in changzhou jiangsu on friday 8 may reports xinhua news agency. On the ruhr in witten germany two electrically powered ships are in use and in berlin the four solar powered ferries fährbär 1 to 4 have been sailing on the spree since 2014. Cleantechnica reports that guangzhou shipyard international in china has built the world s first 100 battery electric cargo ship.

Though it will be able to carry 2 200 tons of cargo with. Other stats for china s cargo ship include being 70 5 meters 230 feet in length a battery capacity of 2 400 kwh and a travel speed of 12 8 kilometers per hour 8 mph. Just as commercial flight will go electric first on short haul. A boat the size of the auriga leader needs about 400 kilowatts of energy while at port while a larger vessel.

In battery powered ships than in ships burning incredibly polluting heavy fuels even. Amsterdam wants to ban all diesel powered passenger ships and ferries from the city canals by 2025.